Muscovy ducklings......

My Muscovy hatched out 14 ducklings almost 2 weeks ago. We kept 5. Mom, dad and babies roam around the yard all day....

My Katahdin Sheep

Most moms get flowers, chocolates or cards for Mother Day. I got sheep! We picked up a wether (fixed boy) that we will keep until the fall and a 3 month old ewe that we will keep as permanent breeding stock. I named her Daisy and my son named the boy Dandelion! =) They are both all white and super cute!

My new bunnies

I got a pair of rabbits last week for breeding. They are both blue Beveren Rabbits, a rare french breed. The female is 2 1/2 months and the male is 4 months so it will be a while before we have babies.Right now I have them in cages on my deck. The plan is to house them in a moveable pen (tractor) on the grass. They are so cute!

http://www.albc-usa.org/cpl/beveren.html

http://www.freewebs.com/beverens/breedstandard.htm

Ow!! Is this even possible?

Yesterday I went out to collect chicken eggs. I looked in one of the nesting boxes and it looked like there was a potato inside. It was an egg. The biggest egg I have ever seen! I spent 30 minutes chasing my chickens around to check them to see if they were injured, an egg THAT BIG, OW!!!! It measures 4 inches long and has a circumference of 8 inches. I had a friend tell me this morning I should email some people and see if its a record breaking egg. I wonder how many yolks are inside? Wow!

Flowers

This is the bouquet

of beautiful flowers Noah picked for me the other day =)

Daisys and Cherry Blossoms

My turkey

Henry the turkey is now about the size of a

small dog. The origional intent was that he would be Thanksgiving but I wound up liking him to much.....

Cinnamon Queens......

.... is one of the breeds of laying hens I got this year. They are great layers, really mellow and just all around low maintinence chickens. My husband put privacy curtains on the nesting boxes because he read in one of my chicken books that the hens liked it. It cracked me up! You can see them in one of the pictures.....

Ducklings!

My muscovy is sitting on 17 eggs right now. We are expecting them to hatch about sunday or monday......

Baby goats

Our dairy goat paige had babies last monday after a prolonged 3 day labor. Poor girl! A boy and a girl and are they ever cute!

Another mystery plant???

I have this plant that has popped up all over my yard. It looks like "something" so I havent pulled it up but I cant figure out what it is.It has a very pungent odor when you smash the leaves. Does anybody know?

Its been a long time!!!

Its been quite a while since I have posted on here. Now thats its Spring with lots of gardening and baby animals I will have alot to post about. Today we prepared a few garden beds for planting and I divided up a bunch of herbs to trade with some friends. We spent 6 hours working in the yard! This a picture of a Valerian plant.